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title: 'Backend Engineer, Link at Stripe'
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# Backend Engineer, Link at Stripe

- **Company:** Stripe
- **Location:** New York, NY / Seattle, WA / San Francisco, CA / Toronto, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8131144

## Job description

## Who we are

## About the team

Link is a digital wallet designed for effortless and secure online payments and digital transactions. With Link, consumers enjoy convenience and peace of mind—it works on any device or browser, is backed by the highest security mechanisms, offers purchase protections on eligible items, and ensures seamless and quick payments. Across the Link Engineering org, we focus on building delightful payment experiences and allowing our global consumer base to pay with their preferred payment methods. Our team's work spans the entire stack from front-end experiences, to infrastructure that supports low-latency transactions, to intelligent systems that help protect consumers and merchants from bad actors.

Team matching for one of the subteams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zvJkO2c7GzukHG-_oqc5wbOLajpuh5FjbmZPcZPU1o0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.x8j6mm75yuwr).

## What you'll do

We're looking for engineers who want to make an impact on payments at a global scale. You'll play a key role in expanding our product suite and the infrastructure that supports it. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams and many other teams across Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.

## Responsibilities

- Build and design the next generation of Stripe products to meet the high-growth needs of our company and customers for years to come
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Mentor engineers to help them grow
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues

## Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

## Minimum requirements

- 2–10+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
- Strong coding skills in any programming language
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
- Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset
- Interest in working as a backend specialist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users

## Preferred qualifications

- Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems
- Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud-based services
- Experience with, or enthusiasm for, building with AI and agentic workflows

## About Stripe

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Financial services / payments infrastructure
- Target customers: B2B – from startups to global enterprises (e.g., Le Monde, trucking companies)
- Mission: “Increase the GDP of the internet” by making online commerce easier and more accessible

## Products & Services
- **Stripe Payments**: Accept and optimise payments globally – online and in person; supports 135+ currencies and payment methods [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)
- **Stripe Billing**: Manage subscriptions, invoices, and recurring revenue; over 200 million active subscriptions managed [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)
- **Stripe Connect**: Embed payments into platforms and marketplaces
- **Stripe Atlas**: Incorporate a company, get everything needed to fundraise and start selling
- **Stripe Terminal**: In-person payments with customisable card readers
- **Stripe Issuing**: Create and manage a card issuing programme
- **Stripe Climate**: Automatically contribute a fraction of revenue to carbon removal

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: $1.9 trillion in payments volume processed in 2025 [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in provided sources
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Infrastructure underpins more than 1% of global GDP [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe)
  - Over 8,000 employees across 25+ offices worldwide [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs)
  - 99.999% historical uptime for Stripe services [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)
  - Deploys 10,000+ times per day while maintaining five 9s of reliability [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe)
  - 135+ currencies and payment methods supported [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Reliability**: Processes massive transaction volumes with 99.999% uptime – a level of trust few competitors match.
- **Developer‑First Experience**: Obsessive focus on API design, documentation, and ease of integration; “start with a blank screen, work until a product is ready, polish until exceptional” [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe).
- **Global Reach**: Supports 135+ currencies and payment methods, with local offices in 25+ cities to serve regional needs.
- **Network Effects**: The more businesses use Stripe, the more data and infrastructure advantages accrue, making it harder to switch.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Agentic Commerce**: Building economic infrastructure for AI, including monetisation through agentic commerce [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/).
- **Crypto & Stablecoins**: Enabling borderless money movement with stablecoins and crypto [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/).
- **Platform Expansion**: Continuing to add financial tools (billing, issuing, terminal, climate) that work individually or together.
- **Globalisation**: Deepening presence in markets like Japan, India, and Latin America.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Intense and kind” – high expectations paired with a supportive, transparent environment. Weekly all‑hands with senior leaders; decisions based on idea quality, not seniority [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe).
- **Growth & Ownership**: “Promotions are tied to demonstrated impact, not tenure.” Employees get substantial responsibility early, often working outside their domain [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/remote‑friendly – two main HQs (San Francisco & Dublin) plus 25+ offices, and many Stripes work from home or coworking spaces [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs).
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical, mental health, financial advisory, family planning, and parental leave. Education team provides onboarding and ongoing expert‑led courses [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/en-gi/jobs/benefits).
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Employee‑created resource groups (Stripe Communities), accommodations for disabilities, and a commitment to equal opportunity [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/jobs).

## Sources
1. [stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe](https://stripe.com/jobs/life-at-stripe)
2. [stripe.com/jobs](https://stripe.com/jobs)
3. [stripe.com/](https://stripe.com/)
4. [stripe.com/jobs/search](https://stripe.com/jobs/search)
5. [stripe.com/en-gi/jobs/benefits](https://stripe.com/en-gi/jobs/benefits)

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